The director of the department of health shall promulgate,
pursuant to chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, rules required to
implement this article, and such rules shall specifically address,
among other things, training, education and experience
requirements. The standards to be adopted by the department of
health shall be equal to or higher than such standards currently
applicable and as established by the college of American
pathologists, the center for disease control, American Osteopathic
Board of Pathology, American Osteopathic Hospital Association, the
medicare program or the joint commission for the accreditation of
hospitals: Provided,
That any laboratory in this state accredited
by or certified by one of these organizations or the medicare
program shall be exempt from the requirements of licensure with no
further inquiry by the department of health, and any such
accredited or certified laboratory shall be exempt from the
provisions of this article as long as such laboratories remain so
accredited or certified: Provided, however,
That all laboratories
shall have five years from the effective date of this article to
come into compliance.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2014 1st Special Session
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